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Memorial Day 2025 Monday, May 26 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM The WHY BEHIND MURPH AND OTHER HERO's If you've been around CrossFit for a year or so then you've heard the infamous name - Murph - thrown around. You get done with a long grind of a Saturday workout and someone might say, "That was Murph-esque". Or sure enough the week after Memorial day you'll hear some of the stories of what went on by the groans of someone holding their biceps with sad eyes exclaiming, "Murph got me." Let's not forget... Murph's got us! There are thousands of "Murph's"! These are people who have stepped forward voluntarily to fight for our freedom. However, these individuals have died doing their job and truly became a living sacrifice for our privilege's. This life you have, the comfort of our lives and abilities we have are not free. It takes many large organizations to protect us and these rights we have. It's called freedom - but it's not free - and it's not cheap. Murph is a workout. But Murph is a symbol and tribute before it is a workout. CrossFit has done an incredible job bringing to light the combination of movements and defining fitness as a measurable and repeatable process. By formatting workouts and then saying, "now do it as fast as you're able" brings out an entirely different intensity and quickly becomes a test of the body and mind. When we do a "Murph", a "Manion", or a "Jack" or a "Bert", this is not just a workout but a expression of gratitude towards the men and women just like them fighting every single day. Risking their lives. When you participate and wear your Murph Shirt... it's you saying, "Thank you. I see you. I support you." Their sacrifice is our privilege. So when we mention Murph and invite you to do this "workout"... understand that we are inviting you to pay your respects and suffer a small fraction of what suffering has been done for us. The fact that we can go to sleep and wake up in peace, have the option to go to the gym and spend time with our families is such a beautiful thing. I don't know about you, but one day per year to bow our heads and willingly go through a "tough experience" for an hour while enjoying the rest of the day off to remember and acknowledge our past and present military and armed forces... especially those who died serving, or spent their entire lives doing so... is a low price and an ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE!